Kent State University’s men’s basketball team goes by many names: Golden Flashes, Mid-American Conference champions, winners.  But Ted McKown, senior associate director of admissions for transfer enrollment, would add “transfer students” to that list.  Many of the players on this season’s winning team transferred to Kent State from other colleges, making them part of a group of about 1,200 students who, each year, find themselves at Kent State for a new stop on their educational journeys.  McKown and his team do all they can to make sure their move is a seamless tr...

Frank discussions about how to equip students for the jobs of today and tomorrow, technology commercialization efforts and some of the “big questions” that face the region’s innovation outlook were the hot topics as Kent State hosted Innovation Day 2023 on Friday, March 24.  Innovation Day was a collaborative effort of the Northeast Ohio Public University Research Alliance (NEO-PURA), comprised of Kent State University, Cleveland State University, Northeast Ohio Medical University, The University of Akron and Youngstown State University.  The goal is to “provide a forum to ...

Scott Tobias, Ph.D., associate professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the Stark campus, is featured in WalletHub's article, "2023’s Most & Least Stressed States." WalletHub compared the country's 50 states across 41 key indicators of stress to determine the places to avoid and achieve a more relaxing life. Data sets range from average hours worked per week, to the personal bankruptcy rate, to the share of adults getting adequate sleep. ...

YAMATO: The Drummers of Japan bring their high energy performance filled with heart-thumping rhythms and explosive beats.to the Performing Arts Center at Kent State University - Tuscarawas on Tuesday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m. YAMATO is a Japanese Taiko drumming group based in Asuka-mura Nara Prefecture which is well known by Japanese people as the hometown of Japan. They call themselves “YAMATO, the Taiko drumming group that travels all over the world”. They have given more than 4,000 shows across 54 countries around the world since their formation in 1993. YAMATO’s Taiko work cannot be ful...

An abstract eye for film, creative camera work and a feminist mindset are all factors that make up Kent State alumna Ailene Joven, '21. As a digital media production student, she began creating the short film “Define” during the early days of COVID-19. Several years later, that film was screened at the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) on March 28, 2023. Now in its 47th year, CIFF is among the longest-running and largest film festivals in the country, drawing more than 100,000 film enthusiasts annually. As an Academy qualifying festival, it’s a “phenomenal” honor, according to Ke...